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Preparing for Disease X
Experts in public health, industry and disease modelling came together this summer to discuss how maths can prepare for the next pandemic.
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The mathematics of diseases
Over the past one hundred years, mathematics has been used to understand and predict the spread of diseases, relating important public-health questions to basic infection parameters. Matthew Keeling describes some of the mathematical developments that have improved our understanding and predictive…
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Searching for answers
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines' flight MH370 was dramatically narrowed last week due to a mathematical analysis of satellite signals from the plane. Careful analysis of just a handful of data points has focussed the search on an area in the southern Indian Ocean.
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From data to decisions
Causal inference is the art of discerning cause and effect from data. Find out more in this introduction.
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Keeping schools open in the next pandemic
To avoid full school closures in the next pandemic, or even epidemic, epidemiologists need crucial information from schools, students, and parents.
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Explore: Differential equations
One thing that will never change is the fact that the world is constantly changing, and differential equations are the way we mathematically describe the changing world around us.
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Sexual statistics
David Spiegelhalter's new book Sex by numbers takes a statistical peek into the nation's bedrooms. In this interview he tells us some of his favourite stories from the book. Read the article or watch the video!
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Machine learning: Is it ethical?
Should machines be allowed to make decisions that impact people's lives?
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Maths in a minute: Inverse problems
Inverse problems are mathematical detective problems. They can help solve crimes, are used in medical imaging, and much more.
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Do you know what's good for you: the next microscope
"Mathematics is biology's next microscope, only better." That's what the scientist Joel E Cohen once said of the power of mathematics to revolutionise biology and the biomedical sciences. And he was right. Maths enables scientists to understand complex organisms and diseases, it's crucial in developing sophisticated medical technology and materials, and we can even use it to model our psyche and intelligence. In this sense maths has become a genuine research instrument for biomedical sciences. The insight it gives them are on a par with the revolutionising power of the microscope.
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Running a lottery, for beginners
There are many different types of lottery around the world, but they all share a common aim: to make money. John Haigh explains why lotteries are the way they are.
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Helping maths to help us
The mathematics of the future needs more specialist maths teachers, stronger university provision, and sustained research funding.